1. DaDa is still her favorite and most obvious word, and she'll happily scream it at Yuki in the mornings or when he enters a room. 'Mama' is still just in times of dire need, hah. She said something the other day that sounded somewhat like 'Wawa' for Wasabi, but again hasn't bothered to repeat it. Same for her sippy cup last month: hasn't bothered to say it again. She definitely makes her needs known, however! Whenever Keila decides that meal time is over, she now rips her bib off and hands it to me. So much for keeping clothes clean any more. We've got a few more other distinctive sounds for things such as 'I want....(pointing)' and 'Milk' but those are probably only recognizable to me at this point.
2. Still holding steady at 12 teeth, but the drooling has begun again, so maybe more are on the way?
3. Sleep was getting somewhat better until we went on vacation. Then it all went downhill since she shared a bed with us the entire week away. I finally lost it on Tuesday night and decided to let her fuss for a few minutes (instead of my usual of leaning over the crib with a hand on her chest until she passed out). I'd been really agains letting her cry at all, but at that point I just couldn't take any more. Amazingly, she fell asleep after I only went back in once to calm her! Night after that, she was asleep in 5 minutes, minimal fussing! Last night took a bit longer, but Mom is much happier now that there's more free time in the evenings! Downside is that Keila is still only sleeping 4 to 5 hours, then waking up and refusing to quiet down until I get her. I have the feeling this situation will continue until we finally get out of this temporary (read: TINY) apartment and into the permanent house with her own bedroom. Can't say I blame her for wailing when she wakes up and sees MaMa sleeping in the big bed a few feet away!
4. Keila's been zooming around quite speedily using her walker or her toy wheeled zebra, but so far hadn't shown any interest in walking unassisted until this morning. At play group today however, she took her first step or two all by herself!!! It was really only maybe a step and a half before she toppled over, but it's a start! I'm not expecting too much rapid progress on that end however, seeing as she vastly prefers holding on to things still.
5. Food. We managed to get Keila into the allergy clinic before going to Italy, yay!! Definitely popped positive for peanut allergy on her skin test, boo. Pineapple, sesame, and bananas didn't raise a reaction however, so back we go the end of February for some blood testing. Until then, we're free to continue trying new foods (and we've got an epi-pen on hand just in case. God forbid!). Favorites right now are still cheese, crackers, the usual, but papaya went down ok yesterday and she's also loving these little ready-made baby chicken tomato risotto packs I found in the refrigerator section at the store. Seeing as they're rather pricey, I'm going to look into making my own risotto over the weekend and hope she likes it just as well.
6. New actions....Keila has become quite proficient at climbing on/off her toy zebra, and she loves riding it around the room. Whenever we ask her for a kiss now, she'll bend her head toward us, since we usually kiss her forehead. Smart girl! She doesn't do as many things on que now since she's so busy exploring, but she'll make sure to take the phone away from me whenever I'm on it, since she doesn't like sharing Mom's attention! Oh, and she also hands me her empty bowls when I'm cleaning up (this after taking off her bib, of course).
7. Keila climbed on the scale the other day all by herself (she likes anything digital), and it read 10.1 kilos. I was shocked, since she feels quite a bit heavier than that! We'll try it again in a day or so, but probably all her moving around is keeping her at a steady weight for the time being. In any case, she still looks happy and fat enough!
That's all on Keila until next month. Next up: Food in Venice!
Ride 'em, Cowgirl!
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